Great Excel Templates for Tracking Projects

Learn all about Excel project management tracking templates and find the template that fits your needs. If you've been trying to locate the perfect form for your project, try out these free options.

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Carefully engaging in project planning can take a lot of time. Thankfully, there are many Excel project management tracking templates available on Bright Hub for you to use in your next project. Some of the templates are for making your project budget, and some are for creating a project schedule. Whatever your needs are for finding a great Excel project management template, you've come to the right place.

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Goals and Objectives

When putting together a project, it is important that you are able to set the goals and objectives for your project. You can start off by performing a self-evaluation (if the project is one that is for personal use) or you could perform a gap analysis. Once you have set your goals and objectives for the project, you are ready for the next step.

Charts and Diagrams for Your Project

A great thing about Excel templates is they allow you to create charts and diagrams with little effort. You can create a fishbone diagram. You can also create a Pareto chart. Other free Excel project management chart templates available on Bright Hub include:

By using a chart template, you can greatly reduce the amount of time you spend when working on your project tracking tasks. After all, who wants to spend all day creating the chart when you could simply enter in your control phase data?

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Registers and Reports

You need to have good communication among team members and stakeholders to have a successful project. One way to ensure good communication is through creating a report, register, or update form. Use an issues register to track problems that arise during the software development process. You can use a work register to track where you are on your project. Finally, you can create a risk register to track items in your risk analysis.

Finally, don't forget about tracking money when it comes to project management. Make sure to check out the cost benefit analysis, project budget, and sample translation management invoice templates available in the media gallery. Also, we're always adding new templates, so be sure to check our media gallery for more great Excel project management tracking templates.